Honoring the Path of the Warrior

Specialties

Honoring the Path of the Warrior offers free programs for veterans who have served since 1990. These include one-​day events, retreats and a Veteran Leadership program.

We assist veterans in making a positive transition from military to civilian life. We provide a pathway of meditation and mindfulness that welcomes, honors, and integrates their service and leadership.

Our programs combine nature and engaging physical activities; meditation, Sensory Awareness and mindfulness practices. The intent is to provide Veterans with connection, community and tools that support them in using their strengths and experiences to find a meaningful and productive path in civilian life. Mindfulness-​based interventions have been scientifically proven to be successful at transforming stress, anxiety and trauma in a number of diverse populations and are being used within the VA system for returning veterans, and on active duty for deployed soldiers.

HPW is a San-​Francisco-​based non-​profit organization under the fiscal sponsorship of the San Francisco Zen Center.

History

Established in 2008.

HPW was established in 2008 by Lee Klinger Lesser and Chris Fortin — two long-​time mindfulness meditation teachers with backgrounds in western mental health, emotional intelligence and mindfulness — came together to share a mutual concern for returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Lee and Chris sought to adapt mindfulness — which has been scientifically shown to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, substance abuse and other conditions — to the unique needs of the veteran community, to meet the gaps in mental health and life skills programming for veterans returning home to civilian life.

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